Bibliograph

The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes, Stories of Tidiness, Self-Esteem, and Other Things I Gave Up On, Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee

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The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes, Stories of Tidiness, Self-Esteem, and Other Things I Gave Up On, Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes

Oclc number

853064547

Responsibility statement

Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee

Sub title

Stories of Tidiness, Self-Esteem, and Other Things I Gave Up On

Summary

"In this new collection of essays that are mostly about the life part, the author writes about e-mail, parenthood, the mental scars that dodgeball can leave, and what she really should have done about a skunk before it thought it owned more of her house than she did. The shrewd insights about everyday escapades--both touching and humorous--are honest, entertaining, and about stuff that we all understand: life, kids, falling down, and the amazing thing about the way it goes."--Cover page [4]

Table Of Contents

Thirteen -- Marks Left on You -- Metal Tornado -- Writer -- A Late Guy -- Let Me Get the Duster -- I Love You, Walter -- A Large Hurdle -- Snap -- It's Not Personal -- Configure This -- Unusually Persistent and Determined -- Protect the Face -- An Open Letter to the Media re Unrealistic Portrayal of Life -- Dear Sidney -- Dirt and Swiss Cheese -- Low Self-Esteem and Other Symptoms of the Chicken Pox -- The Physics of the Human Adolescent -- Losing the Room -- Quite Pretty in Person -- The Amazing Thing About the Way it Goes

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